Woburn City Council

DATE 09/20/2022
TIME 7:00 pm
ADA Yes
LOCATION Council Chamber, Woburn City Hall, Common Street, Woburn, MA, United States

Meeting Agenda

The following is the Notice of Meeting and, at the time of posting, a listing of topics that the President reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the Regular Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, Woburn City Hall, 10 Common Street, Woburn. The order of the matters may be amended at the meeting.

  1. Roll Call.
  2. Reading of Previous Meetings Journal.
  3. Communications from His Honor the Mayor:
    1. Communication from Mayor requesting time to discuss update on PFAS drinking water standard at the October 4, 2022 meeting.
  4. New Petitions:
    1. Barbara Parish for a license to conduct Beano at 138 Cambridge Road.
    2. Woburn Friends of Hospice/VNA Care for Special Event Permit to allow road race and health walk at Horn Pond and area streets on October 2, 2022.
    3. North Suburban YMCA for Special Event Permit for Annual 5K Road Race at Horn Pond and area streets on November 6, 2022.
    4. Woburn Kiwanis for a Special Event Permit to allow “Fall Fireworks Festival” at Library Field on October 1, 2022.
    5. Friends of Mary Cummings Park for a Special Event Permit for a Memorial Lantern Walk at Horn Pond on October 9, 2022.
    6. Musto Jewelers for renewal of Secondhand Dealers and Secondhand Collectors License at 186 Cambridge Road, #9.
    7. Verizon New England, Inc. for a grant of right in a way to install: four (4) four-inch conduits 244 feet from manhole 204A to the intersection of Montvale Avenue and Hill Street; and four (4) four-inch conduits 706 feet with two manholes on Hill Street.
    8. National Grid for a grant of right in a way to install approximately 1900 feet of 2-inch, plastic gas main in New Boston Street for both new and replacement lines.
    9. National Grid for a grant of right in a way to install approximately 60 feet of 4-inch, plastic gas main in Grape Street to connect to an existing main in Albany Street.
    10. NAI Entertainment Holdings LLC for a special permit pursuant to Section 7.3 of the WZO, to allow for the alteration of its existing nonconforming pylon sign by replacing said sign with a new sign having the same dimensions, at 25 Middlesex Canal Park.
    11. Trio Community Meals LLC for a special permit pursuant to Section 5.1(57b), Section 7.3 and Section 9 of the WZO, to allow for a modification to the Landowner’s Decision and Notice of Special Permit dated May 19, 2020, to allow for an increase in the overnight parking of commercial vehicles from twenty (20) to twenty-eight (28), at 39 Olympia Avenue.
    12. Corporate Chefs LLC for a special permit pursuant to Section 5.1(42), Section 5.1(57b), Section 7.3 and Section 9 of the WZO, to allow for: (1) a wholesale establishment, warehouse and distribution center; (2) overnight parking of seven (7) commercial motor vehicles (vans); and (3) for the continued use of the nonconforming parking and loading docks, at 39 Olympia Avenue.
    13. Atlantic Power Cleaning Corp. for a special permit to modify the Landowner’s Decision and Notice of Special Permit dated May 29, 1997 and Section 5.1(57b) of the WZO, to allow for an increase in the indoor accessory storage of commercial vehicles from eight (8) to twelve (12), with all of said commercial vehicles being stored overnight inside an approximately 4,022 square foot addition to the existing building(s) on the Property, at 92 Merrimac Street.
  5. Public Hearings:
    1. NStar Electric Company, d/b/a Eversource Energy for grant of right in a way to install 52 feet of conduit, in East Dexter Avenue.
    2. Comcast for grant of right in a way to install a new conduit at 1 Hill Street.
    3. John Luther Bonanno Construction Inc for special permit to bring in additional fill for a retaining wall at 11 Harvard Street Extension.
    4. CCF New Boston Property Company LLC for Special Permits pursuant to Section 5.1(30b); Section 5.1(41a); Section 5.1(53), Section 8.3.1, and Site Plan Review pursuant to Section 12.2.4 to allow for a two (2) story building containing approximately 133,738 sf of net floor area with the following uses: Office (approximately 39,229 sf); Manufacturing (approximately 33,514 sf); and Lab Use (approximately 58,845 sf) with accessory high hazard use and the parking of ninety-two (92) vehicles on an adjacent lot located at 225 Merrimac Street, at 216 New Boston Street. [request to continue filed]
    5. CCF New Boston Property Company LLC for Special Permits pursuant to Section 5.1(30b); Section 5.1(41a), and Site Plan Review pursuant to Section 12.2.4 to allow for a four (4) story building containing approximately 174,812 sf of net floor area with the following uses: office (approximately 67,056 sf) and Lab Use (approximately 100,584 sf), as well as the Petitioner is proposing to construct a parking garage to accommodate approximately 451 parking spaces, at 225 Merrimac Street. [request to continue filed]
    6. U-Haul Co. of Massachusetts and Ohio, Inc. request for special permit pursuant to Section 7.3 and Site Plan Review under Section 12 of the 1985 City of Woburn Zoning Ordinance, as amended, to allow for: 1. a modification of Special Permits dated September 1, 2011 and July 9, 2015; 2. the alteration of the existing nonconforming use and structure under Section 7.3 to allow for a one story addition containing approximately 19,831 gross square feet of gross floor area for the storage of U-Boxes, an increase of U-Boxes from 816 to 1200, an increase in self-storage units from 802 to 1202; 3. Site Plan Review under Section 12 since there is an increase of gross floor area in excess of 5,000 square feet (19,831 square feet); and 4. the construction of the addition within the Flood Plain District under Section 9, at 11 Olympia Avenue. [request to continue filed]
    7. President Concannon, per request of the Mayor, to amend the 1985 Woburn Zoning Ordinances, as amended, by adding a new section, Section 32, entitled Adult Use of Marijuana; by amending Section 2, Definitions, by deleting the current definitions of Marijuana Establishment and Medical Marijuana Treatment Center, and adding a new definition of Medical Marijuana Treatment Center, also known as a Registered Marijuana Dispensary (RMD); by deleting in its entirety, Section 5.8, entitled Marijuana Establishments Forbidden; by amending Section 5.1, Table of Use Regulations, to revise line 33(d) by replacing “Marijuana Establishment” with “Marijuana Retailer” as a special permit use only in the IP-2 zoning district and by deleting reference to Note 19(c); and by deleting 19(c) from the list of Notes to 5.1 Table of Use Regulations. (Back for Action)
    8. TDC Development Group, LLC to amend the 1985 City of Woburn Zoning Ordinance, as amended, to add new Section 32 Life Sciences and Business Overlay District (LBOD) located at Woburn Assessors’ Map 29, Block 01, Lot 2; Map 29, Block 01, Lot 3; Map 29, Block 01, Lot 4; and Map 29, Block 01, Lot 5; and to amend the zoning map for the four parcels of land known as Middlesex Canal Park (29-01-02), Middlesex Canal Park (29-01-03), 25 Middlesex Canal Park (29-01-04), 15 Middlesex Canal Park (29-01-05), together containing approximately 32.96 acres of land as shown on a plan entitled “Zoning Amendment Plan” dated July 6, 2022 from the B-I zoning district to Life Sciences and Business Overlay District (LBOD) proposed zoning district. [request to continue filed]
  6. Unfinished Business from Previous Meetings:
    1. Order to amend Woburn Municipal Code Section 2-180 Base Salaries for School Traffic Guards.
  7. Committee Reports:
    1. Order to appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 from Traffic Safety & Infrastructure Acct to Acct# 360058-588350 Traffic Detail Town Fair Tire. (OTP)
    2. Order to appropriate the sum of $1,400,000.00 for a Ladder Truck and to Borrow funds pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 7(1) of the General Laws. (OTP)
    3. Order to appropriate the sum of $12,000.00 from Traffic Safety & Infrastructure Acct to Acct# 360058-588190 Traffic Controls & Equipment. (OTP)
    4. Jeraism Services Inc for a New Livery License at 111 Locust Street, Town House 21. (OTP)
    5. Ultra Intelligence & Communications relative to Inflammable License and removal of tank at 10 Sonar Drive. (OTP)
    6. Woburn Bowladrome Inc. for renewal of Bowling Alley License. (OTP)
    7. FRH Realty LLC for a minor modification to Special Permit dated September 2, 2021, to replace the site plan of record at 316 New Boston Street. (OTP)
  8. Citizen’s Participation:  None.
  9. Communications and Reports:
    1. Parking Clerk report for July 2022.
    2. Treasurer/Collector relative to City of Woburn Investment Policy Statement.
    3. DPW Superintendent communication relative to condition on Verizon grant of right in a way for 12 Montvale Avenue.
  10. Appointments and Elections:
    1. Reappointment of Meg Ann Meaney to the Board of Trustees for the Woburn Public Library.
    2. Reappointment of James A. Juliano to the Board of Trustees for the Woburn Public Library.
  11. Motions, Orders and Resolutions:
    1. Order to authorize Fire Department to dispose of surplus equipment.
    2. Order for Committee on Personnel to fill the vacancy on the Woburn Recreation Commission.
    3. Order to reappoint Paul Tobin to the Woburn Recreation Commission.

Notice of Hearing – NSTAR – East Dexter 9-20-2022

Notice of Hearing – Comcast – 1 Hill Street 9-20-2022

Notice of Hearing – Bonanno Construction – 11 Harvard Ave Ext. 9-20-2022

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